Observe the image and answer the following question.
Which sage are Rama and Lakshmana following in the painting in the image?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Vishvamitra
The painting shows Rama and Lakshmana following sage Vishvamitra to the forest to defeat the demons. It is a Bala Kanda folio of the Shangri Ramayana.
NCERT (2026-27): “Rama and Lakshmana following sage Vishvamitra to the forest Another painting from the same set depicts Rama and Lakshmana accompanying sage Vishvamitra to the forest to defeat the demons, who would distress the hermits by disturbing their meditative practices and contaminating their rituals. An interesting feature of this painting is the representation of animals, stealthily prowling behind trees, half hidden in the heavy outgrowth.”
“Rama and Lakshmana following sage Vishvamitra to the forest, Bala Kanda, Shangri Ramayana 1680–1688, Raja Raghbir Singh Collection, Shangri, Kullu Valley, India” |
